Born in 1944 in Guben. Collaborations in the Students film society Bonn; co-programmer. Studied film at Kunstakademie Düseldorf, masterclass and study of photography at Essen University. Films and cinematography in Alaska, Ecuador, France, India, Japan, Latvia, Lithuania, Russia, Yemen. His films have been broadcast by 3SAT/Mainz, ARTE/Strassbourg, HR/Frankfurt, NDR/Hamburg, PBS/Montana, WDR/Koln, ZDF/Mainz. He gives film lectures in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Munster and Vienna.

Selected Filmography

Ma'rib | 2008
Kobe | 2006
Nome Road System (Earthmoving) | 2004
Ein Schloss für alle | 1998
Ofen aus | 1993-95
Erinnerung an Rheinhausen | 1987-89
Die Sterne der Heimat | 1985
Wer bezahlte für Hitler? | 1983
Zigeuner in Duisburg | 1978-80
2211 Büttel | 1974



Selected Awards

2007 - Blicke aus dem Ruhrgebiet Bochum, Schmelztiegelpreis für KOBE
2005 - Planet in Focus Toronto, Best International Short Form Prize for NOME ROAD SYSTEM
2005 - Big Sky Documentary Film Festival Missoula, Special Prize for NOME ROAD SYSTEM
2001 - Hessian Film Award for B 224
1980 - Prize of German Film Critics for Zigeuner in Duisburg